Some Things Are Meant to Be — a tender reminder that love, fate, and loss often walk hand in hand
There is a quiet stillness that settles over the heart the moment “Some Things Are Meant to Be” begins. Sung with the warm, velvet softness of Linda Davis, the song feels like a letter written in candlelight — intimate, reflective, and achingly honest. Released in 1996 as part of her album of the same name Some Things Are Meant to Be, the track reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, peaking at No. 13, making it one of the defining recordings of Davis’s solo career. Yet the chart number barely hints at the emotional weight the song carries, especially for listeners who’ve lived through life’s twists with equal parts hope and resignation.
What makes this song so compelling is the story behind Davis’s artistry. Long admired for the purity of her voice and her thoughtful phrasing, she had already earned acclaim singing alongside major country stars. But “Some Things Are Meant to Be” was different — it was hers. A statement of identity, a moment when she stepped into her own quiet spotlight. The song arrived during a period when country music was shifting toward gloss and volume, yet Davis delivered something gentler: a meditation on love’s mysterious design, sung with a sincerity that only life experience can teach.
And the lyrics… they unfold like a whispered truth:
Some loves don’t last forever,
Some hearts don’t beat in sync,
Some dreams slip away quietly…
But some things — some rare, stubborn things — feel destined.
The song isn’t about fairy-tale fate. It’s about understanding that life gives us only certain moments, certain people, certain chances — and some are meant to pass through our lives like brief summer rain, while others linger like a scent we can never quite forget. Davis sings with the kind of emotional restraint that makes every word heavier. She doesn’t cry through the song; she lets you feel the tears instead.
Her vocal delivery, warm and controlled, seems made for listeners who know what it’s like to look back at their lives and see both the beauty and the heartbreak woven together. The melody moves slowly, as if afraid to disturb an old memory. And as it builds, the truth becomes clear: this is less a love song than a sigh, a quiet acceptance that some paths cross for reasons we may never fully understand.
In the landscape of country music, “Some Things Are Meant to Be” stands as one of those understated treasures — not loud, not flashy, but honest. It speaks to anyone who has ever held onto a hope that slipped away or embraced something fragile, knowing it might not last. It captures the wisdom that time gives us: the understanding that fate isn’t always kind, but it has its reasons.
For listeners who appreciate songs that echo real life — its soft joys, its quiet disappointments, its small miracles — Linda Davis offers a refuge. Her performance feels less like a recording and more like a hand resting gently on your shoulder, telling you that it’s alright to remember, alright to let go, and alright to believe that some things — the right things — come exactly when they’re meant to.
And in that moment, the song becomes more than music. It becomes a companion to memory, a soft-spoken truth lingering long after the final note fades.